1 wind-cold-dampness arthralgia:
Main symptoms: sore joints of limbs, unfavorable. When the wind wins, the pain lingers, or there are exterior symptoms such as fear of wind and fever, with thin white fur and slow pulse; The winner of a cold is severe pain in the joints of limbs, and the pain is mostly fixed. When it is aggravated by cold, the pain is relieved by heat, the flexion and extension pain is severe, the movement is limited, the joints are cold, the coating is white, and the pulse is floating or heavy; Overcoming dampness, joint pain of limbs, often accompanied by joint swelling, numbness of skin, aggravation of rainy days, preference for rubbing, white and greasy fur, and slow pulse.
Treatment: dispel wind and cold, warm meridians and dredge veins, and promote diuresis to remove arthralgia.
Prescription: Juanbi Decoction.
For those who are biased towards the wind, add and subtract Fangfeng decoction; Biased on the winner's cold, add and subtract Fuzi decoction; For those with wet weight, add or subtract Coix Seed Decoction or Shen Zhu Decoction.
Rheumatic joint pain
Main symptoms: sudden onset, or wandering joint pain, joint swelling, heat pain, no pain, tight tendons and veins, light day and heavy night, mild cold and aggravated heat. Red tongue, yellow greasy or thin yellow fur, and thin pulse.
Treatment: clearing heat and dredging collaterals, expelling wind and overcoming dampness.
Prescription: Guizhi Shaoyao Mu Zhi Decoction.
Syndrome of deficiency of qi and blood
Main symptoms: persistent joint pain, dull pain, pale face, fatigue, thin and white tongue coating, and deep and thin pulse.
Treatment: Yiqi Yangxue, Tongluo Zhibi.
Prescription: Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu Decoction combined with Siwu Decoction.
4 Deficiency of both liver and kidney syndrome
The main symptoms: arthralgia syndrome can not be cured for a long time, joint flexion and extension is unfavorable, muscles are emaciated, waist and knees are sore, joints are sore and numb, especially in rainy days, tongue is pale with white fur or ecchymosis, and pulse is thin or astringent.
Treatment: Nourish liver and kidney, relax tendons and dredge collaterals.
Prescription: Duhuo Jisheng Decoction.
Phlegm and blood stasis syndrome
The main symptoms: arthralgia syndrome lasts for a long time, the joints of limbs are painful and fixed, the flexion and extension are unfavorable, the joints are swollen, stiff and deformed, the tendons and veins are cramped, the elbows and knees are tight, the complexion is dull, the tongue is dark red, the fur is white and greasy, and the pulse is astringent.
Treatment: resolving phlegm and removing blood stasis, dredging collaterals.
Prescription: Shuanghe Decoction.